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SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean doctors have found certain underlying conditions that may make some COVID-19 patients more severely affected by the disease, a professor at Yeungnam University Medical Center said on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: A computer image created by Nexu Science Communication together with Trinity College in Dublin, shows a model structurally representative of…

Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh was among those at the forefront of the Rhodes Must Fall campaign at Oxford University more than 5 years ago.The Rhodes Must Fall protests have resurfaced at Oxford University in the wake of George Floyd's killing.Mpofu-Walsh reflects on his time at Oxford and says the protesting at Oxford is the fruit of what…

By Luke Taylor A demonstrator’s placard reads “30,000 deaths, ‘so what?’” at a pro-democracy protest in Manaus, Brazil, on 2 JuneBRUNO KELLY/Reuters/PA Images CONFIRMED cases of covid-19 have surged in South America in recent weeks. As daily infections surpassed those in Europe and the US, the World Health Organization declared the region the pandemic’s “new…

The body of SA medical student Sibusiso Qongqo will be repatriated from Cuba in July. (Supplied, Qongqo family) Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane says Sibusiso Qongqo's body will head back home next month.The Cofimvaba-born died from a pancreatic-related illness.Due to the lockdown in South Africa, top bureaucrats were battling to repatriate the remains for over…

This week marks one year since the start of the Proteas' 2019 Cricket World Cup campaign in England.It would prove to be South Africa's worst ever performance at the global showpiece.Injuries, puzzling selections and an off-field saga involving AB de Villiers all contributed to a forgettable tournament for SA.It is difficult to think of another…